Corn also became an important part of the diets of the people of the regions it spread to. Maize is believed to have come from the domestication of a tall Mexican grass called Teosinte. It was domesticated in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico where the Mayans and Aztecs grew the corn. The first corn grew about 7000 years ago in Mexico (Gibson and Benson “Origin History of Corn”). Over a period of 1000 years the Native Americans transformed Maize by using selective breeding.
Christie Lobo A Table: Knowing What To Eat Professor Anna Woodrow April 4th, 2012 In chapter 7 of Paul Robert’s Book “The End of Food”, the main point being argued is that our food production and distribution system is so focused producing as much food as possible and as quick and cheaply as possible that it is creating new risks for food-borne illness. On page 178 of chapter 7, Roberts describes the parallels between the increase in more resistant pathogens and the emergence the industrialized food system. Because worldwide distribution is one of its primary focuses, it is now possible for previously isolated pathogens to be transported between different countries a lot easier, and the fact that we can now buy food anywhere and anytime gives way to faster pathogen distribution. Even though transportation and access to food has become increasingly easier, the main cause of pathogenic distribution lies within our food production. “Nearly everything about the way we make food today – from how we use land and manage animals to the ways we process and distribute our finished products – has presented our adaptive and entrepreneurial microrivals with a steady progression of opportunities”.
The goal of feeding the world has now become one of the greatest handicaps in food nutrition, through the overproduction of crops and the depletion of nutrients in the soil. The industry’s attempts to overcome the soil depletion with man made solutions has led to
Nevertheless, if we studied the American industry, we would find that there is one basic ingredient that seems to be in just about everything: - corn. Our food industry here in America is strongly based on corn, and as the author points out, it is used in countless forms, from being fed to livestock, to being used in processed items such as yogurt or beer. Mr. Pollan also explains just how corn came to govern the American markets and industrial food chain due to a number of factors. He also pays a visit to George Naylor’s farm in
Dr. Norman Borlong an American agriculturalist involved in the green revolution says that the green revolution is to help allying countries and has generated a hope for new generations of men. the fight against hunger has had some minor success thanks to the revolution and has provided for many sufficient food
He occupies most of the 470 acres to growing corn. Farming corn is all about the high yield harvesting from each acre of land. The enormous amount of corn harvest keeps the industrial food machine operating. After all the hard work the farmers put into the corn harvesting, the farmers are barely making a living. The high yield of corn, it’s depleting the land of the vital nutrients to grown corn.
Mike Callicrate believes in what he is doing, and he is passionate about the products produced by Ranch Foods Direct. Callicrate knows that if more people experience his products and become educated about contamination, plus the dangers of hormones, antibiotics, and preservatives known to be in the products of the larger meat packing firms, then these individuals will become repeat customers. Providing natural and healthy meat products is the foundation Callicrate has built RFD upon. “For one thing says Callicrate, our meat is not raised with any continuously fed antibiotics or artificial growth hormones, and the production process is slower, cleaner and more carefully monitored than you would ever see in high-speed packing plants” (RFD.com). RFD uses the best local ingredients available for their strict feeding regimen while abiding by all generally accepted sustainable and humane procedures.
Pollan’s text mainly focuses on analyzing the problem of human, omnivorous eating by examining the various food chains that support mankind’s diet. According to Pollan, there are three main ways that humans now acquire food. The first, and most popular form in modern society today, is industrial. Interestingly, the industrial food chain begins with corn. Corn can be used in a variety of ways, such as livestock feed or as a wide-reaching product (like high-fructose corn syrup).
He also explains his opinions on confinement, concentration, and separation. He includes his ideas on agriculture and the agricultural problems that Americans have. In the introduction of the book, Pollan introduces the term “food movement”. He says that the term means people who have been working to reform the way Americans grow food and feed themselves. The high price of cheap foods was the main topic of the Americans’ conversation.
According to the founder of The Food Trust, she states “ Our goal is to work with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers and policymakers, we've developed a comprehensive approach that combines nutrition education and greater availability of affordable, healthy food. ( Carolyn Latimore, PhD). So their is that fine line of contradiction that America faces where do we spend our money, fast food that is “cheaper” or the healthy food that is better for